10/24/2013

In an innovative approach to sourcing ideas for funding, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) conducted an open call for applicants—in 1,000 characters or less—to share an idea and their vision for how it could change the world. More than 500 individuals and organizations shared submissions, which reflected some of our country’s greatest health challenges: access to quality care, the social determinants of health, leveraging the abundance of data available to improve outcomes and accelerating the current pace of discovery.

Last week, a team of health care and science experts from RWJF and other organizations gathered to listen and evaluate the resulting set of groundbreaking health care proposals in front of a live audience as part of an effort to open up the philanthropic application process and increase innovation. This first-ever Pioneer Pitch Day took place at the New York headquarters of AppNexus and consisted of eight fast-paced presentations by finalists, followed by questions from a rotating panel of judges and the audience, for a total pitch time of ten minutes each.

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gIn an innovative approach to sourcing ideas for funding, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) conducted an open call for applicants—in 1,000 characters or less—to share an idea and their vision for how it could change the world. More than 500 individuals and organizations shared submissions, which reflected some of our country’s greatest health challenges: access to quality care, the social determinants of health, leveraging the abundance of data available to improve outcomes and accelerating the current pace of discovery.

Last week, a team of health care and science experts from RWJF and other organizations gathered to listen and evaluate the resulting set of groundbreaking health care proposals in front of a live audience as part of an effort to open up the philanthropic application process and increase innovation. This first-ever Pioneer Pitch Day took place at the New York headquarters of AppNexus and consisted of eight fast-paced presentations by finalists, followed by questions from a rotating panel of judges and the audience, for a total pitch time of ten minutes each.

- See more at: http://blog.glasspockets.org/2013/10/keller-20131023.html#sthash.vqo5lQnY.kRbKyBzG.dpuf

In an innovative approach to sourcing ideas for funding, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) conducted an open call for applicants—in 1,000 characters or less—to share an idea and their vision for how it could change the world. More than 500 individuals and organizations shared submissions, which reflected some of our country’s greatest health challenges: access to quality care, the social determinants of health, leveraging the abundance of data available to improve outcomes and accelerating the current pace of discovery.

Last week, a team of health care and science experts from RWJF and other organizations gathered to listen and evaluate the resulting set of groundbreaking health care proposals in front of a live audience as part of an effort to open up the philanthropic application process and increase innovation. This first-ever Pioneer Pitch Day took place at the New York headquarters of AppNexus and consisted of eight fast-paced presentations by finalists, followed by questions from a rotating panel of judges and the audience, for a total pitch time of ten minutes each.

- See more at: http://blog.glasspockets.org/2013/10/keller-20131023.html#sthash.vqo5lQnY.kRbKyBzG.dpuf

In an innovative approach to sourcing ideas for funding, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) conducted an open call for applicants—in 1,000 characters or less—to share an idea and their vision for how it could change the world. More than 500 individuals and organizations shared submissions, which reflected some of our country’s greatest health challenges: access to quality care, the social determinants of health, leveraging the abundance of data available to improve outcomes and accelerating the current pace of discovery.

Last week, a team of health care and science experts from RWJF and other organizations gathered to listen and evaluate the resulting set of groundbreaking health care proposals in front of a live audience as part of an effort to open up the philanthropic application process and increase innovation. This first-ever Pioneer Pitch Day took place at the New York headquarters of AppNexus and consisted of eight fast-paced presentations by finalists, followed by questions from a rotating panel of judges and the audience, for a total pitch time of ten minutes each.

- See more at: http://blog.glasspockets.org/2013/10/keller-20131023.html#sthash.vqo5lQnY.kRbKyBzG.dpuf